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Reading Level: YA Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books; 1 edition (June 1, 2010) Book Synopsis: Eighteen-year-old Bronwen Oliver has a secret: She's really Phoebe, the lost daughter of the loving Lilywhite family. That's the only way to explain her image-obsessed mother; a kind but distant stepfather; and a brother with a small personality complex. Bronwen knows she must have been switched at birth, and she can't wait to get away from her "family" for good. Then she meets Jared Sondervan. He's sweet, funny, everything she wants -- and he has the family Bronwen has always wanted too. She falls head over heels in love, and when he proposes marriage, she joyfully accepts. But is Jared truly what she needs? And if he's not, she has to ask: What would Phoebe Lilywhite do? My Review: Bronwen Oliver is your average seventeen year old girl. She has a family, an older brother, and attends the local highschool. However, Bronwen has co...

To participate on Teaser Tuesdays is simple, take your current read, choose two sentences from any page and post. Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of ShouldBeReading . Our pick this week is from Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride. "Ramon filled everyone's cups as I told the two women about the last forty-eight hours. Telling them seemed risky, but like Ramon, I trusted them, and we needed help from someone." -- Page 120 , Advance Reader's Edition. Book summary: Sam leads a pretty normal life. He may not have the most exciting job in the world, but he's doing all right--until a fast food prank brings him to the attention of Douglas, a creepy guy with an intense violent streak. Turns out Douglas is a necromancer who raises the dead for cash and sees potential in Sam. Then Sam discovers he's a necromancer too, but with strangely latent powers. And his worst nightmare wants to join forces . . . or else. With only a week to fig...